Ezekiel 34-37

It took me about 25 minutes to read this passage.  Chapter 34 is a passage that should be studied by all church leaders and members.  In the context Ezekiel is speaking God’s condemnation on the leaders of Israel and the “bullies” of the house of Judah.  It should be studied by Christians to see the principles where the leaders and dominate members of the community were failing.  Verse 4 speaks to the leaders, of their responsibilities to the flock: strengthen the weak, heal the sick, bandage the broken, bring back the outcasts, and seek the lost.  The failure to do these things results in a broken, scattered, and ineffective flock.  As for we who are sheep, we need to be sure we are not trampling down the food and muddying the drinking water (vs 18).  That we are not using our spiritual “weight” to push the weak aside or butting them out of our way (vs 20).  (Shades of Paul’s words in Romans 14)

Stuart